TikTok is introducing a updated setting that enables them to lessen the quantity of AI-created media appearing in their streams. This initiative comes as the company revealed that it now features more than 1 bn content made with AI.
Trial and Implementation
The update is being tested over the following weeks before a full-scale release. This shift aligns with a increase in content created by AI, spurred by emerging content generation software.
AI Proliferation Online
Recent reports that approximately a tenth of the quickest rising channels on another major platform exclusively feature clips produced artificially. A considerable share of this content is classified as “AI slop”, a phrase for substandard, bulk-generated content that is often nonsensical or surreal.
“We know from our community that many people appreciate content created using AI tools, from computer-generated images to educational videos, and we want to offer the community the option to adjust the amount of that, depending on their own choices,” commented a spokesperson.
Scale of AI Content
The platform announced that there are currently over a billion videos on its network tagged as artificially created. Overall, in excess of 100 m pieces of content are uploaded to the platform daily, making clips made by AI a limited part of its complete catalog.
How to Adjust Settings
Viewers will be able to decrease or raise the volume of artificial media they see by using the “manage topic” option in the platform and picking “AI-generated content”. Additional categories that are already be controlled under the filter include news, clothing, cosmetics, and movement.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s rules oblige users to tag convincing AI-generated content, and it bans harmful fake videos of well-known individuals or crisis events. Any authentic-looking AI video that is not labeled can be deleted under its community policies.
In addition, the platform will henceforth attach an “AI-made” label to content created with its proprietary AI systems, or detected by an collaborative effort for spotting content made by AI. This measure is intended to deter users from trying to circumvent the labeling process.
Responsible AI Funding
The company is furthermore establishing a $2m AI literacy fund for specialists and institutions to produce educational content about ethical AI use. This program will support charitable organizations focused on teaching coding and technology.
Moderation Strategy
The platform has defended its moderation strategy, following discussion over plans to lay off hundreds of safety staff in the United Kingdom. It is planning to eliminate hundreds of positions in its trust and safety team in its British office, with labor groups and digital protection specialists raising concerns that staff are being displaced by machine-led review.
A senior executive stated that human moderation would continue to be important, but automated tools can protect employees by filtering out the most distressing content before it is viewed by staff. The company reported a significant reduction in disturbing and violent content handled by human moderators over the previous year due to reliance on its machine learning processes.
“We think that it’s essential to integrate humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” the official commented. “We’ll have people as part of that process, but we also think it’s extremely critical to limit contact with unsafe media as quickly as possible, which is where a extensive automated help is proving valuable operate efficiently.”
